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Ookla Study Finds London 5G Mobile Performance Lags Behind Other UK Cities

16th April, 2025 (16 Comments)

Network testing firm Ookla (i.e. Speedtest.net, Downdetector.co.uk) has today published a new study that examines the performance of 5G mobile (mobile broadband) networks across the major UK cities of Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Sheffield. But the UK’s capital city was found to be lagging behind.

Opensignal Find Ultrafast UK Broadband ISPs More Reliable vs Superfast Ones

16th April, 2025 (1 Comment)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published a new report that examines how the UK’s broadband experience varies across speed tiers, with homes on “ultrafast” (300Mbps+) connections enjoying a “smoother and more reliable” service than those on “superfast” (30-300Mbps) ones. ISPs EE, Vodafone and Plusnet topped the performance rankings.

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INCA – Alternative Full Fibre Networks Reach 16.4 Million UK Premises

15th April, 2025 (4 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) and Point Topic have published their 2025 report into the impact of alternative gigabit speed “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks on the UK. The study reveals that their coverage grew by 27% in 2024 to top 16.4 million premises (down from 57% in 2023 [12.9m]) and could grow to 18.6m in 2025.

Survey Claims Half of UK People Plan to Switch Broadband and Mobile Provider

14th April, 2025 (14 Comments)

A new cost-of-living study conducted by market research firm Maru, which polled 40,000 UK adults at multiple touchpoints over three years to date, claims to have found that 53% of respondents thought it was “likely” that they would need to consider changing their home broadband in order to cut costs. A further 52% said the same for their mobile phone plan.

Grain Goes EBITDA Positive as UK FTTP Broadband Network Covers 250k Premises

14th April, 2025 (11 Comments)

Alternative network operator and ISP Grain has today announced that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network has grown to cover 250,000 UK premises (up from 220k in May 2024) and 43,000 customers (up from 30,000). But crucially, they also did as expected (here) and went EBITDA positive during the quarter ended March 2025.

Vodafone Celebrate Connecting 200 Million Internet of Things Devices

8th April, 2025 (2 Comments)

Global broadband and mobile giant Vodafone has today announced that they’ve made their 200 millionth Internet of Things (IoT) device connection, including more than a quarter of those located in Germany and some 13 million of the total coming from the United Kingdom.

Virgin Media UK Says Brits Prioritise Broadband During House Moves

7th April, 2025 (7 Comments)

A new survey from broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) has claimed that nearly half of Brits (45%) “prioritise getting their Wi-Fi set up” (they mean the internet connection) over anything else when moving into a newly purchased house. But 50% of respondents admit they aren’t sure where to place their router to ensure the best WiFi coverage.

Ofcom Find 5 Percent of UK People Do NOT Have Home Internet Access

3rd April, 2025 (23 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has published new research into internet adoption and digital disadvantage, which among other things estimates that 2.8 million people (5% of the UK population) do not have internet access (broadband etc.) at home. But 69% of those unlikely to get access in the next 12 months said this was because they had “no need” or were “not interested” in it.

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Streetwave Data Casts Doubt on Ofcom’s 4G UK Mobile Coverage Claims UPDATE

2nd April, 2025 (10 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave, which is harnessing bin lorries to map the coverage and performance of 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) networks across 113 UK councils, has said its data “calls into question” Ofcom’s claim that 88-89% of the UK’s landmass (geographic coverage) can access a 4G network if you look across all operators.

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ISP Sky Broadband Saw Data Traffic Peak at 28Tbps in Dec 2024

31st March, 2025 (3 Comments)

Sky UK has today published their latest bi-annual Attention Index report for the July to December 2024 period, which reveals various TV viewing figures across their network and also states that Sky Broadband customers used 19.1 billion gigabytes of data in the last six months.

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Over 40 Percent of UK People Feel Broadband ISPs Mainly Raise Prices to Boost Profits

27th March, 2025 (23 Comments)

New research from Ipsos UK, which interviewed a representative sample of 993 adults across Great Britain during early March 2025, has claimed that Brits are increasingly cynical about the motivations of utility companies and broadband/phone providers when setting annual price increases – with over 40% believing these industries are mainly raising prices to boost profits.

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Top 17 Full Fibre Broadband Networks by Estimated UK Coverage – H1 2025

27th March, 2025 (5 Comments)

Independent data from Thinkbroadband has today revealed an updated assessment of how big – in terms of network coverage (premises passed) – the top 17 largest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP networks in the UK have become by March 2025. Once again, we compare this data against official coverage claims.

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Point Topic Launch UK Maps of Broadband Cover by Local Authority

26th March, 2025 (8 Comments)

Telecoms analyst firm Point Topic has today introduced a new interactive map of broadband connectivity across UK Local Authorities (LAs), which is said to “reveal significant disparities in digital infrastructure” and aims to support LAs by helping to inform their local digital strategies. The maps are also freely available to the public (recent data only).

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New Which Survey Award Best and Worst UK Broadband ISPs for 2025

20th March, 2025 (6 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has published the results from their latest broadband ISP satisfaction survey, which questioned 4,347 UK adults (Dec 2024 to Jan 2025) about their internet providers. Overall three ISPs were labelled ‘Recommended Providers‘ – Zen Internet, Plusnet and Utility Warehouse, while NOW TV (NOW Broadband) and Virgin Media were ranked at the bottom.

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FTTH Council Predict Full Fibre Broadband to Cover 31 Million UK Homes by 2030

19th March, 2025 (5 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe has just published their 2025 ranking of 39 European countries (EU39) with the strongest take-up and coverage of gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband ISP networks. This sees the UK pass 21.4 million homes (up by 4.2m in the year) with take-up of 37.1% and a prediction that it’ll cover 31m by 2030. But growth has slowed a bit.

Students in UK and Ireland Vote Glide as the Best Wi-Fi Provider

18th March, 2025 (3 Comments)

Business, student and residential ISP Glide Group, which is currently busy expanding their full fibre broadband network, claims to have been named the number one student WiFi provider in the UK and Ireland, according to an unspecified new student lifestyle survey.

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Ofcom to Launch Improved UK Mobile Coverage Checker Later in 2025

18th March, 2025 (8 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, this week informed ISPreview that they’ve been “working hard to overhaul our mobile coverage checker” in order to better match people’s real-world experiences, particularly of modern 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) services, and intend to launch the result of all their work “later this year“.